Lasers and the FBI

[Laserman532]

@ dsli jon...that link you dug up was my second laser truck - I will try to dig up the first one at some point..it is on vhs tape...the 40 watt Laserscope Laser Van was my third mobile system.

OBtW----I really miss that car it was like driving a rocket on a skateboard

[Laserman532]

IIRC, I also have that shot somewhere.. I think I might have a 'Laser Rays' ad or something.. hafta try and diggit up.. re: Laser Van, heh, thi 'un? http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...1598#post41598 Sorry, I know you're not keen on 'idol-worship', but.. you were just one BA laser-mofo, Pat.. ..Trades a world-class pj / install for a friggin 308 GT, Pfff.. You can't make that stuff up!

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..Mmmyeah, but don't forget that the 'kW peaks' are also pretty-short ns-pulses.. Even if 'average power' was 150-175W (..most you'll see out of a 'typical' LS-deck..) that's not really a lot of 'burning-power' - even low-divergence - once you cross all that atmosphere, etc.. I'd say, though, if you had 500-750W (average-power..) and up, you *might* start to see concerning peak-levels of IR in a cockpit.. Still, I think 30-40W of 532 filling a cockpit, even at 12mRad, is going to create a 'worse' hazard, from a flight-safety standpoint.. You're not going to be 'popping-tires', etc until you get into much, much higher powers..

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me agrees with DSLI that the green would be FAAAAAARRRRR more hazardous than the pulses of IR

EDIT - afterthought - the smell alone will knock the pilots out...from them shitting themselves

[Laserman532]

Actually, so did I. There was a Pro DJ Allen, alias Prodjallen, he is a kind of mythical beast on PL, he had a laserscope I think, and did things nearly everyone but him came to regret. And I was having a lurid vision of a lurking fiend reading the cookbook just now, and plotting, scheming, rubbing its hairy hands in evil glee. Not that I think the real threats out there need PL to guide them...

never heard of the guy

[Laserman532]

It's all auto-pilot these days anyway...

easier to calculate the glide slope

[Laserman532]

something about me and building things on wheels...this was my project last year



DAMN!!! I have completely derailed this thread...AGAIN!!!

[dsli_jon]

something about...building things on wheels...this was my project last year..

Akamai!!

..OBtW----I really miss that car..

...I can just-imagine.. I'll send ya the ILDA-file..
j

[kecked]

How about using UV from a nitrogen laser and leaving foul sayings on peoples bare skin as it peels! Literally tattoo sayings on people.

[Stuka]

easier to calculate the glide slope

..except in helicopters...

[Stuka]

...OK, I get it, you can distract a pilot with a pointer, and yes, at the wrong moment that could cause problems for the flight. But it's damned sure not going to cause lasting eye injury, let alone permanent blindness.

That's right -

Everyone knows that which is spoken here is the the only truth, regardless of how many military flight surgeons, ophthalmologists, and professional aviators might think otherwise...

[Galvonaut]

I would be interested to know at what angle the beam would need to be in order to enter a pilots eye with the given aircraft and height. Maybe the insurance company and employer would be interested too, as it could tell us a lot about this story.